Use a lime-spiked spicy marinade to coat thighs and drumsticks then roast and serve with paprika rice for a cheap and healthy supper
In Portugal this braise would be served with fried potatoes or rice, but it goes just as well with a pillow of buttery mash
Tuck into this Portuguese-inspired dish with mussels and prawns. It's healthy, low in calories, and provides three of your 5-a-day, along with iron, folate, vitamin C and fibre
These Portuguese-style golden tartlets are perfect to finish off a dinner party or as an afternoon treat with coffee
Try this one-pan piri piri chicken for a family dinner and adjust the chilli levels to suit your family's tolerance. You can use a whole chicken instead, if you like
What could be more decadent than a super-sized pastel de nata? These iconic tarts from Lisbon are made with flaky pastry and a perfectly set custard filling
This is a version of the classic Portuguese dish of duck & rice, which uses the fragrant, fatty poaching stock from the duck to cook the rice
Flavoured with lemon, chilli, garlic and paprika, these spicy prawns pack a serious punch. Add to flatbread with peppers, sour cream and lettuce
Butterfly a whole chicken by removing the backbone to keep it juicy during grilling, and flavour with a chilli pepper marinade
Make these easy piri-piri chicken pittas for lunch or a quick dinner. All you need is four ingredients: chicken, piri-piri sauce, coleslaw and pitta breads
Make sure there are extra as everyone will want one of these - and a finger bowl too - they can get messy!
Try these pull-apart pork ribs with smoky piri-piri spices and a sticky barbecue sauce. Cook them on a barbecue if you like, or in the oven
An easy and inexpensive meal that is also flavourful.
This a creamy Portuguese soup that uses spicy Chorizo and kale with a potato base.
A moist and flavorful chicken that is so easy to make. I always make extra garlic oil to have on hand.
"Make sure to use a light-colored Bundt pan. A dark one will turn out a cake that sticks and is unpleasantly brown. The pan David uses is the Nordic Ware’s Anniversary 15-cup Bundt Pan. And since this orange-olive oil cake only gets better with age, don’t even think about taking a bite until the day after you make it, or even the day after that". From: Leite's Culinaria
a skinny version of a Portuguese classic
This comes from a little book, simply titled Traditional Portugese Pudding, which I bought in Lisbon. I haven't tried it but posted it by request.
This is a spice cake recipe with the texture of a poundcake. Recipe courtesy Jean Anderson, The Food of Portugal.
This is a recipe I found on "FamilyFoodie.com" while searching for Portugese recipes. This is her father's favorite Portugese dessert and she posted this recipe for Father's Day.
Serve up an easy one-pan traybake of piri-piri chicken with sweet potatoes and broccoli. As well as being simple to make, it delivers three of your 5-a-day
Bake this all-in-one dinner in your largest traybake, and mix everything together right before you serve so the fries stay crisp and the chicken and veg are juicy
Try making our delicate custard tartlets — an irresistible dessert. Preparation takes only 10 minutes, and the flavor is highlighted by grated nutmeg.
Treat yourself to a special solo supper of spiced shellfish, sweet red peppers and paprika mayonnaise on a baked potato